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Jimmy

By now you know that T&OC stands for the Toledo and Ohio Central and that it 
was a part of the NYC System. The T&OC started in Corning, Ohio ran north to 
New Lexington where it ran on the PRR from New Lexington to Bremen then north 
on its own rails to Thurston, Ohio where it split into two lines to Toledo. The 
Eastern Division went through towns such as Johstown, Fostoria, etc to 
Toledo. It was on this line that the first CTC machine was installed to control a 
portion of it on the north end. The Western Division went through Columbus. 
Findlay, etc. to Toledo. South of Corning started the Kanawha and Michigan that 
ran deep into West Virginia and the source of much coal and chemical traffic. 
The Virginian connection was the Deepwater Bridge south of Charleston. The TOC 
crossed the N&W at Bannon Tower at the south end of Columbus.
The T&OC and the K&M was truly one of the most interesting and obscure of the 
NYCS. The Eastern Division was abandoned as a through route early in PC days 
but the Western was always a strong line up until the break up of Conrail. 
Sadly the railroad has been split with the NS running the portion south of 
Columbus and the CSX north. Somebody really needs to write a book on this 
fascinating line.
I hope whoever gets that roster shares it with Mark Plank who has a TOC 
website so that all of us can see it.

Jim Kehn
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